House File 601 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY GRANZOW and SODERBERG
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to a regulatory information and coordination
2 service administered by the department of economic
3 development.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 15.108, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code
1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 b. Establish and administer the regulatory information and
1 4 coordination service provided for in section 15E.17.
1 5 Sec. 2. Section 15E.17, Code 2005, is amended to read as
1 6 follows:
1 7 15E.17 REGULATORY INFORMATION AND COORDINATION SERVICE.
1 8 1. The Iowa department of economic development shall
1 9 provide a regulatory information and coordination service.
1 10 The purpose of the service shall be to provide a center of
1 11 information where a person interested in establishing a
1 12 commercial facility or engaging in a commercial activity may
1 13 be informed of any registration, license, or other approval of
1 14 a state regulatory agency that is required for that facility
1 15 or activity or of the existence of standards, criteria, or
1 16 requirements which the laws of this state require that
1 17 facility or activity to meet. The service shall assist a
1 18 person interested in establishing a commercial facility or
1 19 engaging in a commercial activity in completing the
1 20 application procedures for any necessary registration,
1 21 license, or other approval and shall provide prompt assistance
1 22 in coordinating communications between a person interested in
1 23 establishing a commercial facility or engaging in a commercial
1 24 activity and a state regulatory agency.
1 25 2. Each state regulatory agency which requires a permit,
1 26 license, or other regulatory approval or maintains standards
1 27 or criteria with which an activity or facility must comply
1 28 shall inform the Iowa department of economic development of
1 29 the following:
1 30 a. The activity or facility that is subject to regulation.
1 31 b. The existence of any threshold levels which would
1 32 exempt the activity or facility from regulation.
1 33 c. The nature of the regulatory program.
1 34 d. The amount of any fees.
1 35 e. How to apply for any permits or regulatory approvals.
2 1 f. A brief statement of the purpose of requiring the
2 2 permit or regulatory approval or requiring compliance with the
2 3 standards or criteria.
2 4 g. Names and contact information of designated staff
2 5 within the state regulatory agency responsible for assisting
2 6 persons in the registration, licensing, or other regulatory
2 7 approval process.
2 8 3. Each state regulatory agency shall promptly inform the
2 9 Iowa department of economic development of any changes in the
2 10 information provided under subsection 2 or the establishment
2 11 of a new regulatory program. The information provided to or
2 12 disseminated by the department shall not be binding upon the
2 13 regulatory program of a state regulatory agency; however, a
2 14 person shall not be subject to the imposition of a penalty for
2 15 failure to comply with a regulatory program if the person
2 16 demonstrates that the person relied upon information provided
2 17 by the department indicating compliance was not required and
2 18 either ceases the activity upon notification by the regulatory
2 19 agency or brings the activity or facility into compliance.
2 20 4. Subsections 2 and 3 do not apply to the following:
2 21 a. The utilities division of the department of commerce
2 22 insofar as the information relates to public utilities.
2 23 b. The banking division of the department of commerce.
2 24 c. The savings and loan division of the department of
2 25 commerce.
2 26 d. The credit union division of the department of
2 27 commerce.
2 28 5. A state regulatory agency shall respond to any request
2 29 for assistance from the Iowa department of economic
2 30 development in relation to the activities provided by the
2 31 service under this section in less than thirty days from the
2 32 time the state regulatory agency receives the request.
2 33 EXPLANATION
2 34 This bill relates to a regulatory information and
2 35 coordination service administered by the department of
3 1 economic development.
3 2 Currently, the department of economic development provides
3 3 a regulatory information service designed to provide a center
3 4 of information where a person interested in establishing a
3 5 commercial facility or engaging in a commercial activity may
3 6 be informed of any registration, license, or other approval of
3 7 a state regulatory agency that is required for that facility
3 8 or activity or of the existence of standards, criteria, or
3 9 requirements which the laws of this state require that
3 10 facility or activity to meet.
3 11 The bill requires the service to assist a person interested
3 12 in establishing a commercial facility or engaging in a
3 13 commercial activity in completing the application procedures
3 14 for any necessary registration, license, or other approval and
3 15 to provide prompt assistance in coordinating communications
3 16 between a person interested in establishing a commercial
3 17 facility or engaging in a commercial activity and a state
3 18 regulatory agency.
3 19 Currently under the service, a state regulatory agency is
3 20 required to submit to the department of economic development
3 21 certain information related to regulatory activity. The bill
3 22 requires a state regulatory agency to submit names and contact
3 23 information of designated staff within the state regulatory
3 24 agency responsible for assisting persons in the registration,
3 25 licensing, or other regulatory approval process.
3 26 The bill requires a state regulatory agency to respond to
3 27 any request for assistance from the Iowa department of
3 28 economic development in relation to the activities provided by
3 29 the service in less than 30 days from the time the state
3 30 regulatory agency receives the request.
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